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2009: A Recap (a few months late)

March 15, 2010

What an incredible year, 2009! This collection of photographs is a bit late, but it’s better late than never. 2009 was a time of great change for me, and with change, comes adventure. Here is a recap, a celebration, a time of thanks and joy for the places seen and memories made. What a year [...]

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Adventures in pooping

December 16, 2009

Bathrooms are always an adventure when on the road, especially in places like Africa and Asia.  They’re like a box of chocolates – you just never know what you’re going to get! We North Americans take our mundane bathroom experiences for granted. Having an actual seat to plant your butt on is a real luxury [...]

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Safaris and Pastas

December 13, 2009

Finally, I’ve gotten around to updating my gallery – a few months late. Most pictures from Italy, Africa and Argentina are up.  A sampler below.

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a picture is worth a thousand words: Sleeping with zebras

November 24, 2009

We camped on the rim of the Ngorogoro crater enroute to our safari in Tanzania. It was the coldest night of the month-long trip. The showers were freezing, the wind was cold and I couldn’t keep warm that entire evening. I was up most of the night shivering into the cold tent, listening to our [...]

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Big sky Africa

November 23, 2009

A big sky in Tanzania’s Serengeti. In a quiet moment just before darkness, a herd of elephants passes us by. See the large version here.

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A picture is worth a thousand words: Fire in the sky

November 4, 2009

It felt like fire in the sky.  A July sunset in the middle of the Serengeti.  I’ve never seen anything more beautiful. It’s hard to put myself back in the mindset of Africa today.  Such a crazy time warp to look back on some of these pictures and remember how life was then.  It was [...]

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Manic manic Cairo (منك كرو)

April 26, 2008

Cairo is absolute madness. Madness. 18M people, dirty, chaotic, polluted and just manic in every possible way. The few days I spent there were amazing. First, I saw the pyramids at Giza. They were so beautiful from afar but a bit of a disappointment up close. I thought they’d be bigger than they were. Like [...]

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